Brainwave recordings revealed that successful remembering involved reduced alpha and beta activity alongside the reactivation ...

When people lack visual imagination, this is known as aphantasia. Researchers investigated how the lack of mental imagery affects long-term memory. They were able to show that changes in two important ...

Wouldn’t it be great to look at a page of text, or a map, and immediately remember every detail? Many famous people – from ...

Recent advances in cognitive development research have shed considerable light on how children encode, consolidate and retrieve information from their everyday experiences. Studies have demonstrated ...

Characters claiming to have “photographic memory” on film or in television shows – or even in books – has been fairly common ...

Scientists are gradually understanding more about how and when music therapy works. One of the known uses of music in therapy is for Alzheimer’s and dementia therapy, where listening to music can help ...

Have you ever put your keys down and then completely forgotten where to find them? The brain has to work hard to protect information in your working memory from distractions. How this process works ...

(from left): Research Group Leader Dr. Cornelia McCormick, Merlin Monzel und Pitshaporn Leelaarporn find connection between autobiographical memory and aphantasia. When people lack visual imagination, ...